W The SouthWest Chat Tricia Earley & San Angelo


elcome to the January issue of SouthWest Horse Trader. Don’t forget that Stallions, Realtors and Associations can take advan-


tage of our New Year Special. Get your reservations in early!! Region 9 was well represented during the 2018


US Dressage Finals Presented By Adequan®, No- vember 8-11 in Lexington, KY. Congrats to all. Small animal veterinarian Tricia Earley of


Aledo, TX (Region 9) may be a newcomer to dres- sage, but she and her 12-year-old Oldenburg geld- ing San Angelo (San Remo x Weltfee by Welton) looked like seasoned veterans as the only combina- tion to break 70% for the unanimous win under all three judges in the Third Level Adult Amateur Freestyle Championship with 71.856%. “Last year I’d never even heard of the US Dres-


sage Finals, so this is all very new,” said Earley. “I only started riding as an adult – I always wanted to as a child but never could. So when my daughter asked for horseback rid- ing lessons, I said, ‘Can I come too?’ I had my first lesson at 40, and I tried eventing but quickly realized it was not the sport for me. But I loved every minute of the dressage. As for my horse, we’ve only been together for a year. I found him in Sweden when I went with a friend who was horse shopping for herself – I wasn’t even looking! But he had such a kind eye, and I thought at the time, ‘That’s the horse I would love to have one day.’ Later I did end up needing a horse and he was still avail- able, so I bought him without ever having ridden him – there was just something about his eyes. A year later, here we are.” Earley and her husband had a long haul to Kentucky, but


she considered the trip well worthwhile. “I’m so happy to be here, and it was so much fun being in the atmosphere of the Alltech Arena,” she explained. “Ignorance is bliss and I’d never


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been in an arena like that at all, so I didn’t know what to expect. Then I was schooling in there earlier in the week, and all of a sudden got very nervous. But a friend told me, ‘Just take a second and look around. You’re in the Alltech Arena.’ So I did and it’s beau- tiful, and I realized how lucky I was to be here. It was very calming. Personally a high- light of today’s test was that we had a little bobble in the beginning, but he came right back to me. It was like he was listening to the music and I was so pleased with him.”


Kelsey Broecker of Celina, TX gave a top per-


formance and won the Training Level Open Reserve title. The Region 9 competitor was impressed with the maturity of her partner under adverse weather conditions. She rode Molly Huie’s 4yo Hanoverian gelding Caelius (Christ x Hauptstutbuch Bonny by Buddenbrock) to a score of 71.818%. Another impressive performance was given by


last year’s Training Level Open champion John Mason of Conroe, TX and the now 6yo Danish Warmblood mare Savannah SWF (Blue Hors So- prano x Nicolette by Diamant, owned and bred in the U.S. by Mary Nuttall). The pair once again found success at the US Dressage Finals, this time with a score of 73.039% to earn Reserve Champion honors at First Level. More at usdressagefinals.com.w


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